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In a recent communication1, Weibull describes an interesting experimental technique and discusses the establishment of detonation in charges of compressed T.N.T., initiated by a No. 8 compound detonator; it would seem, however, that a general conclusion is drawn from these experiments, one which is not justified by their scope.
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Weibull, Nature, 159, 402 (1947).
Stettbacher, âœDie Schiess- und Sprengstoffeâ (1933).
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SHEPHERD, W. Speed Around the Initiating Point of the Detonation Wave in High Explosives. Nature 160, 92–93 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160092a0
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